DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 7, 2020

Subject to the twin assaults of warming-caused bleaching and ocean acidification, it will be gone in a matter of decades in the absence of a dramatic reduction in global carbon emissions. We went to see the Great Barrier Reef — one of the great wonders of this planet — while we still can.

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Grist

MARCH 26, 2021

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere is now rising at an even faster pace than when Magnason began looking for answers. We see headlines and think we understand the words in them: ‘glacial melt,’ ‘record heat,’ ‘ocean acidification,’ ‘increasing emissions,’” he writes. “If Of course, that didn’t happen.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 8, 2021

Seafood stand-ins not only promise a low carbon footprint, they seek to serve people with dietary restrictions. If the sourcing is done carefully, fake fish also should be devoid of the mercury and microplastics that can stem from ocean plastic pollution. I honestly thought I was eating conventional shrimp when I took a bite of it.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Over the past couple of centuries, atmospheric carbon dioxide has steadily risen. But the oceans also have a tremendous capacity to absorb CO 2. As that happens, CO 2 can react with water to form carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3 ). As that happens, CO 2 can react with water to form carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3 ). in the direction of 7.0,

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

An area of seagrass and rock on the seabed, Mediterranean sea, France: “Blue carbon” ecosystems could prevent approximately 1 gigatonne of CO2e from entering the atmosphere by 2050, says the report. Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 4, 2024

Since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, a small number of fossil fuel entities — just 57 corporate and state producers — have been responsible for 80 percent of planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Only in North America were a slim minority of carbon majors — 16 of 37 — linked to rising emissions. “It In the U.S.,

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Ebb Carbon closed a $10.75M round to remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce ocean acidification using electrochemistry. Fervo Energy announced a 20 MW power purchase agreement to provide 24/7, carbon-free geothermal power to a group of nine California-based community choice aggregators. Overstory announced a $5.2M

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 15, 2023

New research for the first time links wildfire risks and impacts in western North America to carbon emissions traceable to the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies. Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

2030 sustainability vision launched today by the beauty giant includes pledges to use only recycled or biobased packaging by the end of the decade and achieve carbon neutrality across its sites by 2025. Planetary boundaries are nine environmental 'red lines' that researchers have warned will compromise life on Earth if crossed.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2021

Last month, a Netherlands court ordered Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 45 percent by 2030, and in April a German court ruled that the country’s climate targets were insufficient and therefore partly unconstitutional.

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Climate-KIC

JUNE 21, 2017

A frogfish finding shelter among bits of plastic is one of the winners of a World Oceans Day photography competition, announced at the United Nations earlier this month. The post Frogfish floating in litter’ winner at World Oceans Day appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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Grist

MARCH 8, 2024

The move followed investigations showing that Exxon and other companies had known about the dangers of skyrocketing carbon emissions for decades, but publicly downplayed the threat. This is the cutting edge where the science is moving towards — to be able to look not just at these global averages, but to see what is happening regionally.”

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Leveraging the ocean’s carbon removal potential Katie Lebling Wed, 11/11/2020 – 00:30 To meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 Achieving this not only will require reducing existing emissions, but also removing carbon dioxide already in the air. degrees Celsius 2.7

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Leveraging the ocean’s carbon removal potential Katie Lebling Wed, 11/11/2020 – 00:30 To meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 Achieving this not only will require reducing existing emissions, but also removing carbon dioxide already in the air. degrees Celsius 2.7

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It feeds us, provides clean air and water, and stores carbon. Invasive plants, animals and other organisms can destabilize entire ecosystems, while the impacts of climate change not only damage ecosystems themselves but exacerbate other pressures, through extreme weather events, rising ocean acidification.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas: During its 12-year lifespan after being released, it traps 84 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, and its effect on global warming over a century is 34 times that of CO2. It can reverse ocean acidification by absorbing carbon dioxide.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This led them to conclude that the cause of the extinction was warming and ocean acidification attributable to the release of GHGs from massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia. We need to aim as a society to keep permafrost carbon in the ground and out of the atmosphere by keeping it frozen," she said.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Related: Pacific heat wave threatens coral reefs in Hawaii and other regions Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide levels set in motion increased carbon dioxide absorption by the water, thus lowering the ocean’s pH levels. More here: Pacific Oceans elevated acidity is dissolving Dungeness crabs shells.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Fish face a new threat — ocean acidification caused by global warming. In a recent study published in Global Change Biology , researchers found that warming waters and acidification could adversely affect how fish interact in groups. With CO2 already driving global temperatures high, oceans and seas have also been warming up.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

Eras in the Earth’s history are defined by major climactic events and distinguished through the fossil record, carbon dating, and other methods. Ocean acidification – Surface ocean acidity has already increased by 30 percent since pre-industrial times. The Holocene. The Anthropocene.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The latest, most urgent call to action from the IPCC has increased attention on policies to reduce CO2 emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. This article provides a primer on the three major policy building blocks available for reducing carbon pollution: pricing mechanisms, subsidies , and regulations.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 25, 2024

Funding M2X Energy , which develops a modular, transportable gas-to-liquids system to economically produce low-carbon methanol, raised a $40M Series B to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of its system. Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! AeroShield Materials received a $14.5M

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Perhaps most worrying of all, impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are now inevitable and near-irreversible within timespans stretching from hundreds to potentially thousands of years, leaving only their extent open to question. Natural carbon sinks become less effective as emissions rise.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing. For example, while Brazilian meat giant JBS reported emissions of 7.14

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 13, 2022

New research suggests that plastic could contribute to ocean acidification, especially in highly polluted coastal areas, through the release of organic chemical compounds and carbon dioxide, both of which can lower the pH of seawater.

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Green Tech Challenge

MAY 3, 2019

In addition to plastic waste, 30 to 40% of carbon emissions from cars, buses, airplanes, and manufacturing plants are absorbed by the ocean, causing chemical imbalance in sea water i.e. Ocean Acidification. Carbon Reduction Reduction of gas emissions will go a long way in restoring the ocean’s chemical balance.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

This week the World Meteorological Organisation published a report detailing how four key climate change indicators - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat, and ocean acidification - all set new records in 2021. Now it is true that humanity might find ways to mitigate and adapt to these impacts.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 16, 2021

An Icelandic startup has an intriguing solution to the emissions problem: turn carbon into stone. As most of us know, trees and plants bind carbon from the atmosphere. Carbfix’s technology just makes the process of the carbon getting into the rocks a lot faster. Here’s how it works. But, so do rocks.

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Andrew Winston

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Since the BRT statement there’s been a surge in aggressive carbon-reduction goals, up from just a handful of organizations a decade ago, to two-thirds of Fortune Global 500 companies with significant commitments today. Take decarbonization, for example. Some former leaders, like Nike, have laid off sustainability people.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 5, 2020

RR: Can you explain the relationship trees have with the carbon cycle? Does a mature forest continue to sequester carbon, or is most of that done during the growth phase? Ford: Trees are the workhorse that help sequester carbon, but they aren’t the only one. There are two ways to look at carbon sequestering functionality.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

The review also argues that 'blue carbon' habitats should be identified for protection during an HPMA site selection process to help combat climate change. The sea has provided food, materials and recreational opportunities for thousands of years," said Benyon.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Analysis by Carbon Tracker last week tallied up total oil sector write-downs at $87bn over the past nine months, thanks to a combination of lower oil demand and the accelerating clean energy transition.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Over the past few years, as companies have come under steadily increasing pressure to tackle climate change, nature-based solutions have emerged as a particularly exciting method for shrinking corporate carbon footprints. Investing in forests can be a win-win that both sequesters carbon and regenerates nature. The catch?

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree I am asking corporate leaders to support a minimum international carbon price and align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement. We need immediate action on energy. degree goal will fall quickly out of reach. There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. "The

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Related: Even scientists are shocked by the latest UN report on climate change Our oceans comprise an important habitat that many living things, including humans, rely on for food and sustenance. Similarly, more than 90 percent of the heat generated via greenhouse gas emissions is likewise absorbed by our oceans.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

In numbers, the firm has reduced its absolute operational carbon emissions by 78 per cent since 2005, speeding past its 2020 target of 60 per cent, while achieving carbon neutrality at several dozen sites and reducing its water consumption by more than half.

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